

It’ll happen at slower speeds and in gears closer to first. As the clutch burns up from slipping (and it will) the problem only gets worse. That’s when the clutch has the most force on it. This problem will first start showing itself in the later gears when driving your S2000 at higher speed. The natural reaction is to let off of the gas, and the RPM’s will go back down and the clutch will re-engage. Slipping feels like you’ve pressed the clutch in a bit and the RPM’s shoot up, even though you haven’t pressed the clutch at all. When there’s too much force coming from the engine for the clutch to handle, it slips. This can happen for a variety of reasons (the most common being that the disc is worn down). The phrase slipping clutch means that when the S2000’s clutch is fully engaged there is not enough pressure or contact surface left to transfer the force from the flywheel to the transmission. Here’s the automatic transmission version of this article. Note: This article is for manual cars only. This guide is intended to help you determine why your clutch is slipping on the flywheel. This connection requires a tremendous amount of pressure. Your Honda S2000’s clutch provides a direct connection between the engine and transmission.
